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Plot: Seeking revenge for the death of his love, secret agent James Bond sets out to stop an environmentalist from taking control of a country's valuable resource.
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Recent Reviews
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MCT:January 2, 2009Good movie, though I'm ready for Bond to start getting his gadgets. W/o the gadgets, Bond movies are only half-Bond movies.
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MCT:December 21, 2008
The revenge ending was particularly good for a Bond.
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MCT:December 19, 2008
# 39 Quantum of Solace
It's intense and sometimes confusing but I came out feeling this is a film that will endure and ultimately prove satisfying.
I left wanting more at the end of QoS. I felt the film was missing something, and that it could have given me more. I have left other bond films after the initial screening feeling dissatisfied but with DAD and TWINE I knew they had nothing else to give. With QoS, I feel there is definitely a lot more there which will be revealed to me when I see the film in future and as I step back and think about it. QoS is a complex film with many layers which need to be peeled back.
The heart of the film is Bond's emotional journey as he comes to terms with the death of Vesper, and therefore it feels less consequential than other Bond films where Bond is a key player in a wide reaching plan and plot. The plot does feel somewhat disjointed at times, particularly early on in the film, and it does make some big (and sometimes silly) jumps, but reaching the end of the film I felt the plot was un-important, it was merely a vehicle to provide a framework and a tapestry to enable Bond's emotional journey to played out and illustrated.
Dialogue is scant and is split between brief exposition and some slower deeper conversations, particularly between M and Bond, and Bond and Camille. I think a lot is communicated via other means, through images and sound, through juxtaposition and intelligent montage which will need a second viewing to reveal itself as the first viewing the assault on the senses is somewhat disorientating.
Action sequences are shot in a very similar way to Paul Greengrass's Bourne films, and the comparisons are inevitable. They do work though, and are well conceived and shot.
Daniel Craig delivers a solid performance, although I have to say I was less wowed than in Casino Royale, but this is because I was not expecting such an intelligent portrayal of Bond in Casino Royale, while with QoS I was, so it was less of a surprise. Again, as in Casino Royale, this is his film, he is a primeval force that pushes the film forward.
Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric and Judi Dench are all superb, although they inevitably fade into the background at times as Dan does his stuff, however Giancarlo Giannini holds his own as an emotional core to the film to rival Dan in his few brief scenes. Jeffrey Wright is great but underused. Elvis and Medrano are less consequential than I was expecting.
The producers have taken a big risk with this film. More casual viewers who sit back with a bucket of popcorn and expect to be entertained while switching off their brains will not be pleased. The film expects you to understand Casino Royale well, and for you to engage. It could also prove dissatisfying to those viewers who are able to engage but want to see a familiar Bond-structure such as in OHMSS or FRWL, which is why I guess some true Bond fans have expressed concern. It's smart and rewarding but very very different.
I guess for the next film a more conventional structure will be required as we get back to Bond-basics, but ultimately I'm glad this film exists, and I think the Bond legacy would be poorer without it. It is the film we should have had after OHMSS. It will be a 'one-off', but it is a triumph - small, introspective and personal.
Best Bit: Agent Fields cover on oil,remaarking the infamous scene of "Goldfinger" -
MCT:December 16, 2008
It's even better than Casino Royale and even has a groove just like the old-school Bond films. A smart, stylish, intense and hard-boiled action-thriller. Jammend with even more heart-pounding action sequences, incrediable stunts, great speacial effects and nail-biting suspense. An awsome and wickedly cool adventure filled with non-stop thrills and exhilerating excitement thats filled with great fight sequennces, chases and gun battles. Director, Marc Foster crafts a superb continuation to the Bond series, he probaly crafts one of it's best instalments yet. A very fine filmmaker taking on the action genre for the first time and excutes it very well. A teriffic entertainment ride. It's crisp, clever, riveting and adreniline-pumping. Daniel Craig is excellent, he proves once again that he is the best and toughest Bond to hit the screen. Craig adds more depth and development to this compelling character. It's pulse-pounding and spectacular action movie fun from start to finish. It's not just about the action but mostly about the story and characters.
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MCT:December 14, 2008Rushed and irresponsibly muddled, Bond's latest assignment proves to be a hazy affair used merely as an action show piece. Its story is never given time to gestate and its characters are never given any substance - we don't care for the allies, and we never fear the adversaries. But what tends to annoy even further with Quantum of Solace is the handling of its many action sequences. While Craig remains solid in his role and while Forster brings some interesting stylistic choices to the film, his understanding of an action scene is low. Too often is it hard to be enthralled by a scene that is constantly cutting back and forth, shot to shot. For what began as a brilliant character piece of mood, seduction and adrenaline in the predecessor film has degraded into an excuse for action relying on the single ideal of revenge - which in itself also becomes severely misused.
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MCT:January 6, 2009This by far was a movie that wasn't worth the money. Casino Royale was better but still not as good as any other 007 movie.
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meganjustine94posted 8 days ago -
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I'll say the same thing I just said in my review>>
This is the worst James Bond movies EVER!!!
It would be a bad movie if it wasn't a Bond movie.
It had alot of action and I still actually fell asleep a couple times.
I woke up the last time finding out the plot of this wretched movie.
A secret society that MI6 knows nothing about buys in a Dictator in south America and aquires land to take control of the water supply so they can then charge double as south America's only utilitys provider!!!
I would have Given this Movie a half star but the action was good but the Plot was so bad I couldn't rate it any higher then 1 star.
Don't get me wrong, I like Bond movies but this is pathetic.posted 43 days ago -
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Rubbish for the most part. Pigott-Smith had the only good lines, at least.
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I cant wait! - some are saying this could be the masterpiece of every bond movie in history as its the first sequel of bond (Casino Royale) and its to be the most action packed one ever and bloodiest apparently lol ---
What can i say - WOW!
Bond Is Back!posted 111 days ago -
Now, THIS is interesting. Usually Bond films are entirely self-contained, but this seems to be a direct sequel to Casino Royale. And since I loved Casino Royale...
THIS IS EXCELLENT!
Finally, a continued narrative in the Bond films. The episodic nature of the old ones just seemed too... boring for me. I can't wait to see it!posted 127 days ago -
All you need to know about this movie to KNOW it will be a masterpiece, is the following.
Daniel Craig
Mark Forster (Finding Neverland!)
James Bondposted 179 days ago -
